Hitachi announces two Blu-ray camcorders

Hitachi announces two models of its new Blu-ray camcorder, one of which, has a …

Hitachi announced two camcorder models that are able to store HD media on Blu-ray discs. Depending on the model, customers can store up to one hour of 1920x1070 video on a single side of a 8cm Blu-ray disc.

One hour isn't necessarily enough time to film the clown that's scaring all the kids at your son's birthday party, which is why Hitachialso released the DZ-BD7H, which has a built-in 30GB hard drive for four hours of 1920x1080 video or eight hours of 1440x1080 video.

The camcorders capture and record data using a high-definition eighteen sided multi-coat lens and a "5.3 mega pixel progressive CMOS image censor with 2.07 pixels for video and 4.32 pixels for still" photos.

No word on pricing yet, but we can expect them in the United States sometime in October.